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Knights of the Round Table

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Medieval tales of love and war as the gallant Sir Lancelot rides into battle beside King Arthur while harboring a secret love for his Queen. After successfully defending his beloved country, Arthur rewards his loyal soldier Lancelot by making him Queen Guinevere's champion, but Lancelot's happiness is shattered when Sir Mordred informs the King of his wife's clandestine relationship.
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Steven D. Greydanus Decent Films Conventional but fairly solid adaptation of the King Arthur legend… benefits from its colorful pageantry and strongly Christian milieu, including a royal Catholic wedding and a transcendent moment of revelation involving the Holy Grail. Rated: B Aug 29, 2003 Full Review Tim Brayton Alternate Ending The stilted, uptight vibe of the film is pretty much just standard operating procedure for movies of this type and this era. Rated: 2.5/5 Sep 7, 2017 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com MGM's first CinemaScope picture has not aged well (too verbose and the acting is stiff), but production values are good and Robert Taylor and Ava Gardner are handsome. Rated: C+ Feb 5, 2012 Full Review Steve Crum Video-Reviewmaster.com Lavish MGM King Arthur tale featuring Robert Taylor and jousting galore. Rated: 4/5 Mar 2, 2008 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews An uninspiring reworking of the story of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table. Rated: C+ Dec 28, 2006 Full Review Carol Cling Las Vegas Review-Journal Rated: 3/5 May 14, 2004 Full Review Read all reviews

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Josh G Formulaic, Dull and a lifeless novel adaption the has more cheese than heart. It has lackluster sets and subpar action that leads a two hour runtime with not much to show for it. Many other epics have been made from the story to better effect such as Monty Python and The Holy Grail, Robin hood 1939, The Unidentified Flying Odd Ball, Etc, Go watch those. The only redeeming quality is the excellent costuming. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/28/23 Full Review joe s Dreadful film expecting the wide screen to do it all. The script is corny and the actors seem to know it. Whoever told Robert Taylor with that flat one-note voice , that he could act? Rated 1 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member One of the lamest, dumbest films ever made. Ridiculous story, horrible acting, especially by Taylor. That includes the really weird knights on horseback pillow fight. Bizarre. One of the worst movies ever made. Laughably stupid. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/09/23 Full Review Audience Member The acting is bad because the writing is bad. The fight scenes are poor. That said it was fairly entertaining. When Monty Python wrote and filmed the Holy Grail this was the blueprint to lampoon . Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/20/23 Full Review Audience Member Your ambitions soar high on such young wings. King Arthur and Lancelot become best friends during Arthur's rise to power. They form the knights of the roundtable and are unmatched. As they begin to seem unbreakable, scandals within the walls of the castle opens a crack enemies will try to exploit. "Who is it?" "Death...awaiting on the stairs." Richard Thorpe, director of Jailhouse Rock, Ivanhoe, Vengeance Valley, The Golden Head, The Prodigal, Killers of Kilimanjaro, Athena, and Carbine Williams, delivers Knights of the Round Table. The storyline for this picture was fun and has some great action scenes. I loved the script as well as the acting. The cast includes Robert Taylor, Ava Gardner, Mel Ferrer, and Stanley Baker. "I thank you for the help I did not need." I came across this on Turner Classic Movies (TCM) and had to DVR it. I generally enjoy movies in this genre and this was fairly well done. This may not be an all time classic, or worth adding to your DVD collection, but it is worth a viewing. "Without you I endure life. With you I rejoice in it." Grade: B- Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review jack c Robert Taylor acts circles around stiff-as-hell Mel Ferrer. Nice fights though, and Gardner of course looks beautiful. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Medieval tales of love and war as the gallant Sir Lancelot rides into battle beside King Arthur while harboring a secret love for his Queen. After successfully defending his beloved country, Arthur rewards his loyal soldier Lancelot by making him Queen Guinevere's champion, but Lancelot's happiness is shattered when Sir Mordred informs the King of his wife's clandestine relationship.
Director
Richard Thorpe
Producer
Pandro S. Berman
Screenwriter
Talbot Jennings, Jan Lustig, Noel Langley
Distributor
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Co
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Genre
Adventure
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Dec 22, 1953, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 18, 2010
Runtime
1h 55m
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